No 162 8 July 1982

PRICE INDEX ROSE BY 4.27.

THE FUNAFUTI retail price index increased from 131.3 in February tQ 136~7 in May 1982 • a considerable rise of 4.2 per cent during the 3 months period. For the twelve m"Onths period· fr~m May 1981 to May 1982, the · index rose by 10 per cant.

The Drink and Tobacco group experienced a considerable increase of 17.4 per cent during the 3 mon~hs period·March to May 1982. This was due to the introduction of the new rates of customs duties which became effective on 1 JAnuary 1982.

Housing and Utilities group contri­buted 6.1 per c ent during the second quarter of this year. The increase was a result of the new electricity charge, .introduced on the 1 March. There was also an increase in prices of aluminium roofing sheets and paints while the price of kerosene fell slightly from $3.36 to $3.30.

The Transport group contributed 5.9 per cent due to increase in ships fares, bus f area aQd some of the itcn)s ~OT pri­vate t:J:"an~H>Ftj• Prices for mqtor-cy.cles and bicycles were also increased while a gallon of petrol fell from $4.40 to $3.90.

For miscellane~us items, an increase of 2.6 per cent was recorded in this group. Thia was due to the increase in entertainment and personal requisites sub-group.

In the Food group, certain food items d'ecreased in price like rice and flour. Other items were increased such aa rump steak, chicken, sausages, milk, butter, biscuits etc.

Clothing, however , increased slightly by O.l per cent.

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TOGI 0 MEA I TE SITOA OLO hKA I TE 4V.

Te togi o mea i te Fusi o Funafuti ne olo p aka ki luga mai te 131.3 ia Fepuali ki :t'· (Fakaeoko ki te itulau 2) ·~ • D'-' S'\o. -r tt

BRIT. RICH COMM. TO BE POSTED TO BARBIJ>OS

THE BRITISH High Commissioner to tiji and Tuvalu, Viscount Dunrossil will be posted to Barbados in the West Indies after completing hie assignment in Fiji. He is expected to leave Fiji towards the end of this month.

Lord Dunroseil has been British High Commiseioner to Tuvalu since Inda• pendence in 1978.

He will be replaced by Mr Rog~r Baltrop who has had a long career in the Foreign Service and since 1978 has been Head of the Commonwealth Co-ordination Department.

Mr Baltrop i s expected to arrive on his first official visit to Tuvalu on Augus t 16 and will return t o Fiji on August 18. He will be accompanied by hie wife.

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TE KOMESINA Maluga o Pcletania ki Fiiti mo Tuvalu, Viscount Dunrossil, ke fanatu o galue i te West Indies mai tua o tena galuega t enei i Fiiti. A i a e fakatautau pela ke liakina ne ia a Fiiti i t e f aka­pale lega o t e mas ina nei . .. ,

Tona Malu Dunroesil ko palele ne fai mo Kanesjna M~luga o PeletaAia ki Tuvalu (Fakasoko ki te itulau 3)

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TOGI 0 ME<l I TE SITOA OLO AK..\ I TE 4% (Mai ite itulau 1)

te 136.7 ia Mee 1982 - ae masikiga lasi i "te t+;2% i l oto""o t "e tolu maafnao Mo te 12 m.S.na mai ia ~ee 1981 k i a Mee 1982 , ne olo aka a togi o mea i te 10~.

Ko t ogi o meainu mo mea pusi n~ lasi te oloakaga ki luga i te 17.4 pasene i l0to o te tolu masinao Ne pogai te la,si tenei mai luga o t~ f akaaogaga o tiute fou o kasitamu kole ne kamata i te po 1

· Ianuali 1982.

"' Ko fale mo mea e fakaaoge i f a l,e, ne-.. ma5'<1 aka i te 601 pasene i tc lua o kuata i te t(:lus~ga neio Te ma.eikiga tenei ne pogai mac lUge o te togi fou o te 1't i , tela ne fakaaoga i te po 1 o Ma tio E isi f oki se masikiga ki luga i togi o laukapa f a i fale mo peeni, a ko te togi O • kalasini ne t a i pakuu malie ki lalo mai te $3036 ki t~ $3030.

Ko mea oloolomalaga ne mmasiki aka ki luge i te 5o9% ona ko te o loakaga o

- tto-g i i vakamutu, pasi mo nisi mea t ooti­no o l oo lomalaga . Ko togi o pasika iti mo pas ika ne masiki aka fold ki luga. a ko t e togi ~ . t~ kalone pcnitini ne fana­ifo malie mai te $4.04 ki te $3090 • .

Mor nd.si mea aka va.leval<::?, ne olo aka i te 2.6 pasene. Ne pogai te maei­kiga tenei mai luga o te olo- akaga o mea f akafia.fie mo manakoga too tino.

I te vaega o meak~i , e is i n e meakai ne paakuu pc la mo t ·og i o .l a is i mq f als>ao Ko nisi mea ne masiki aka o l o t ou t ogi pela mo meafasi, moa , sosi9i , susu, pata , masi mo nisi mea aka foki.

Ko mea tau gatu ne f anak a . mal-ie· fok i i t e Ool pnsaneo

SOUTH PACIFIC LEADERS FiLLOWS~~ll:

Government leaders of ten Forum Rations are reported to have given their suppor t to an idea of esta blishing _ a South Pacific Leaders Fellowship. Countries in support o f the idea a r e 'F!ji, Xiri ­ba ti, Tuvalu, Niue , Tonsa, Vanuatu,

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Nauru, Western Samoa, .'1nerican Samoa and So lomon Islands. The Leader o f the Oppos ition in the Solomon Isla nds , Sir Peter Kenilorea, is the Chai rman of a Co- ordi nating Committee whi ch was formed last year to promote the idea of a Fe llowship amongst Pacific 1·eaders.

Sir Pe ter who r ecently r eturned from a tour of the nine n a tions reported active response by the Government au~ho­ri tleao In a report about h i s tour Sir Peter said that the visit had been a auccese. He explained tha t the idea qf a Pacific Leaders Fellowship was to encourage t~e Pacific leaders to involve Christian principles in their leadershi p.

' • ,C' As a follow- up to his recent visit ,

Sir Peter has written to the Governments of Aus trali a and New Zealand informing them o f the support the Island na tions have g iven t o the ideao Sir Peter hopes to off ici a lly launch the idea of creating a South Pacific Leaders Fel lo~ship when the Heads o f the various Governments meet in New Zealand in August this year f or the Forur.i Meeting.

While i n Tuvalu, Sir Peter met wi t h political , national and church leaders in the country ~nd discussed matter s of interest in the r egion with regar d to communi ty development prosrammes and progra~mes of other aid and disaster reli ef.

He was accompanied on hi,s visit by mem bers of World Vision and Mi.ssio.n ~viation Fellowship.

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WHO .,PPR.OVES FUNDS FOR SEMINAR

THE HO RLD Health Organization (WHO) h as appr oved funds o f more than $4,000 for all expenses invo lved in a seminar on Prim ary Health Care t o be convened in Tuvalu.

The expenses will be on fares , and s ubsistence allowance of participants to the seminar which is t o be held on Funafuti;

Participants a r e expected t o ~ome

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mainly f r om the outer i s l ands and will be restricted to 50. They · will in~lude peopl e from the Health Department and other departments related with health like Agriculture and Education.

. The seminar wi 11 be conducted jeirrtly by the Government of Tuval~ through its Medical Division and WP~ which will be represented by ur Kuo and a nurse from it s Suva office.

The semj.nar is c.xpec~ed to be held sometime in .'lugust this yearo

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SENIO~ EXJJ1INET! Oi !~CCOt;NTS RETURNS - -FRO~ UI\

THE SENIOR Exe.11ine~ of uccount:s in t he Auslt Division hes rct~rned to Tuvalu after a~tcrdi~g a six month course on P\:lblic Acco1.:nta •''td •• udi t, at ~he Sou t h Thame& College of Londono ·

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GOVERNMENT H.\"S agtii n· agre'ed: to char1f~r t he MV Ann, a Solomon Island based freighter captained by a ~uvaluan , Mr I oane Kata l a!te. The ves:>cl is "now on its way to Tuvalu via Jijl to u)lift some gen~=al cergo for Tuva~u end ~s expected to arrive in Funa~uti sometime tiunc!ay 18 July . . .

Gover~~ent 1 s decision to charter the t1i/ h.nn l':a.J mece' afti!r it turned down its original deciuion to chart~r the MV Carmeh from F!jio The decision was changed O\l!ng t o on incr.aase on the MV Carmen's charte...- rate to 'ibout dtJuble its orig~nal ~uoted retc of about $400 per day. · ·

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t'Et./ US ;J1BASS,iDO& TO VISIT TUVnLU -- -THE NEW United Stet:es Junbassaaor to 7uv~lu, Mr Fred J Eckert will be arriv-

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1ng in Funafuti on his firs t official visit on July 21. He will be accompani ed by his wife and . will be here until July 26.

During thiA visit, Mr Eckert will present His.Lett ers of Credence. ,

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~CMESINA PELETANIA (Mai ite itulai 1)

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talc t e taimi ne tu-1:okot as i e i a Tuvalu. i te ' 1978.

h ia ka "suLgina ne Roger t e la ko le~a ne galue i te Matagaluega o Pe l e ­tania tela e galue mo fenua ki tu e , kae talu mai te 1978, a ia ne fai mo Pule o te Ma tagalucga o Fesokotaki ga o Maloo Kau:.Fakatasi.

A Mr Baltrop e fakatautau pela ke taunu mai i tena asiga mu amua l oa ki Tuvalu i te po 16 o Aokuso k ae k a foki . atu ki Fiiti i te po 18 Aokua o. A ia ka aumai tasi mo t ~na avaga •

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TE TAUTt~I , Tnvalu ' a fishin g ves s e l, will,, be return'ing to Tuvalu sometime in the next £drtnigh t, as the fishing sea­son in Fiji is com ing to ·an endo ,..

It will probab ly be bringi~g bait f ~sh with 1 t and wi 11 be £ishing in Tuvalu wo~er s •

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':..'HE NE\l n.ustralian Hi gh Commi ss i oner to :uvalu, His Excellency Mr Colin McDonald has postponed his visit to Tuvalu for the purpose of presenting his letters of intro· ,uction.

He was originally schedu l ed to have arrived in Funafuti yesterday July 7 and to ~eturn on Ju ly 12, but due t o circumstanc~s arising from the f orth­(Cont ' d on page 7)

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,,USTRALIAN tl!D !'ROGRsJ-IME

IN nN interview with- the Counsellor (Development nssistance), Mr John Wearne , and the httache (Development assistance) , Mr Sam Zappia , from the 1.ustra lian High Comm i ssion in Suva, they said the pJr­pose of their vis it was to firm up Aust ­rali a ' a h i d for 1982/1983. A total of $1.3~ is ~vailable"to Tuvalu for devel ­opmental projects .

The major projects discussed with Government officials for 1982/83 are : Deve l opment Import Grant Scheme (DIGS), that is basically development goods which would be provided from ,,ustrali a , such as PWD equipment, building materials and marine equipment; Fisheries Develo­pment which will be the implementation o f aspects of e recent f i shery study -a sum has been a lloca ted for various items of equipment which have been i dent ­ified in the report; Ll t 'eam o f Aus tra­l i an Consultants to conduct a Natural Materials Resource study is expect ed in Tuvalu in early .• u gust, to assess the feas ibility of extracting materials from the lagoon bed to fill the borrow pits and to provide road stone and concr e te agg r 'egate ; Fudning for a r ep lac ement accountant fo'r Martin Di ckinson of Peat, Mar.wick , Mitchell & Co , a nd also the appointment of a Captain /Superintendent for the Tuvalu Mari tim e School , both fo r two-y ear periods ; ~iscellaneous tech­nical aesistance : engagement of experts on short-t erm basis ; Funds for a Post­Independence 30-'minute docurnentery fi l m of ' Tuvalu , depicting the life ond culture of its people , including a fi l m of Her Majesty the Qµecn ' s visit in October; Funds have elso been allocat ed for small development projects in the outer island~ authority being vest~d in Tuval u ' s Dev­e lopm en t Planning Commi ttea.

Australia . i~ current ly consider ing a gran t to meet local costs for the con­structio n of workshops and stores on each island , except Niulaki ta, alld a l so funding for the USP Extension Centre.

The fol l owing new proposals have a lso been discussed with Government officials here, for considerat i on by the ~uatralian bevelopment Assistance Bur eau

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CU>AB) : 2 x "C" gra de houses; Ground water resour ces survey for Va itupu end ext ension to Vaiaku Maneapa.

The tot a l aid from riustralia for the period July 1980/June 1983 i s $2.Sm, the amount of $1.2m for the first two years (1980/1982) and $1 . 3m for 1982/ 830

The Australian officials also gave a general review of " ustralian hid in the first two years , the main e xpenditure bei ng comp l etion of the Tuvalu Maritime Schoo 1, /un a tuku, an.d the wharf at Funafuti.

The main items in last year ' s (1981/82) programme were:- The Develop­ment Import Grant Scheme (DIGS), that was provision of development goods from .~ustra lia, funds for Martin Dickinson ' s ass i gnment , e ngagement of Marine Consul­tant t o survey and advise the· Tuvalu Government on the MV "Nivaga11s seaworth­iness , cargo- handling equ ipment for the wharf, schoo l furniture for distribution throughout the islands , fund ing for fishery development studies ( a report of which h ad be~n submitted to Govern­ment). A series o f cash g r ants a lso formed part of the programme , i . e the acquisitio n of the Hornibrooks wharf houses and equipment , agricultural hand t ools, construction of a " C" grade house and in - service teacher training course.

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POLOK1~L.t\M£ FE50ASOhNI A AUSITJ.Lli.

I SAUT.LAGA mote Kaunisela (Fesoasoani mo At i akega) Mr John Wearne mo te su i tokotasi (Fesoasoani mo ii.tiak•ga) , Mr Sam Zappi a , mai te Ofisa o te Komes ina Mnluga o hus it alia i Suva , i laa pat i me i t e pogai o te l a as i mai ko te fak~talitonuga o te fesoasoani o ilusi­t3li~ mo galuegA atiake.

Ko galuega taua kola ne f aipat i g ina mo te Maloo mo tc 1982/83; Ko te fai ­fa iga ki luga i a tiakega i mea kola e ttogi mai mai tua mai tupe fesoasoani, kola ko mea mo fai a ti akega kola ka auciai8iha ne Ausi t al ia pela mo mea fai•

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galuega a t e Mat nga l uega o Ga luega a t e Maloo , mea fakatutu mo ~ea fa i galu ega i

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. Te ~tiak ega o t e Ma t aga luega Fa iika te la ko t e f ,cik ,".lgt!.luegaga o n a i mea mai t e lipoo ti tc l a k o oti nc fa i - e isi se tup e ko o ti ne tuku f aket ea mo mea v a l eva l e kola ko oti ne t usi i l oto i t e lipo ti t ena o

Te t imu o t ugata po t o mai L.u s ita lia ' ke s uk eauke ki luge i mea ko l a e ma ua i

kon e i t e l a e f aka·te.u tau· p13 l a ke ~~ina i i te kama t aga o i>,o k~so , o s uk esuke. ki luga i ter me f a i o puke aka n~ mea ma i t e papa o te namo mo t anu a t a i sal a , k ae mo f a i fo k"i a f a tu mo f a i au a l a p e l a f ok i mo mea f al< emak. E!k e ; . :'r'e tu pa mo t ogJ.i a te s ui mo t e t agal!a t e.u ~ tup e , Martin Dickinson, mai te P~at Ma~wi ck , M itch~ ll & Co , pe l a f ok i mo t e fak Asiopoga o t e 'Kapeni Pul e mo t e Akoga Fakak auvak a mo t ausaga e lua o

Fe ao aso ani va l ev a l e i tino pot o i ga lu ~sa ; t e fak a3aluegaga Q ~inc pot o i se t a imi t oetoe ; Tupe mo t Gg i se f i limu ~ 30 minu te t ena l e~a ·ma~ t u a o t e t u ­t okot asi, t e la k a aof i a i e i te o l aga mo tuu o tino o Tuva lu, fak at~si mo a t a ki luga i t e as o ma i o te Tupu Faf ine i a Ok e t op a ; Ko i s i fo ki ne tupe n e f akanof o mo t amaa galu ega ati ake fo l~ki i f enua 1 t ua , t e l a t e pul e kat oatoa i t ~ f a i gaamea tene i ko pa l e l e ne tuku mai k i t e Komiti o Aof agaga o Ati akega o t e Tuva luo

/.~ .Ausital i a t enei f oki ko i maf aufau ki se tupe f esoasoani e uiga mo t e t pg iga o t e f ak a tuuga o fe l esgal ue mo sito~ i fenua t akit P.s i , n e f ua ko. Niulaki ta , mo t e tupe f oki mo t e maga o t e USP i ~on~io

Ko f akataut auga kone i ko Ra l e l e n e fa i f a ipatigina k i e i mo ofi sa o t e Ma l oo i kon e i, e uig~ mo m~fau fauga a te ma t a ­ga luega o Ati akege o Aus i t a li a (ADAB) : E ·lua f a lemoe k o l a . ko ''C'' mo t e s uk esuk ega ki va i i t e l auke l e i Va i tupu mo t e f ak a­l as i ga o t e Maneapa o Va i aku o

Ko t e aof aki ka t oa o te tupe f eeoa­soani ma i Au s italia mo t e t ausaga 1980/ Iuni 1983 e ttuea mo t e $ 2o S miliona , t e l a e $l o2 mo t e lua t ausaga muamua (l980/ 198 2) k ae $l o3 mi l i on a mo t e 1982/83.

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Ne fakaas i ma i g ina f oki ne t e toko­lu a of i sa kone i ma i ~u s lta li a a vaego f esoaaoani o Ji.us i tali a mo te lua t ausaga mu am ua , t e l a ko t e tup e l as i l oa e tas i ne fano ki luga i t e fak 1tuuga o t e Akoga F ak ak auvaka i llill a tuku mo t e Uaaf u t au v ak a i .funa fu t i o r. t

Ko m'ea: t aau a i t e po l oka lam e o t e t aueaga ko ieka (19 81/82) ko te&+ Fai ga ki luga i ati akega o mea ko l a e t ogi mai, mai tup e f esoasoani , t e l a ko t e t ogi mai o mea ma i Aus ital i a , tup e mo t e fak age lue­gaga o Martin Di ckinson , fak agaiuega~a Q t e Taga t a Pot o o Vaka k e savea kae f aka­t onutonu ne i a t e l1alo o Tuva lu e uiga mo t e ~ei o t e MV Nivaga , mea fai gal Jega o kako i t e uafu , mea akoga mo f enua k a t oa , tup e mo t ogi s ukesukega ki tuga i mea t au f a i:ka ( t e lip<Jt1.·i ki e i ko !

p al ~le n e av a tu ki te Ma l o )o E i•t f oki n e t up e fakameal o f a ma i i vaega e uke ko l a ne ao fi a f oki ki l o t o i vaega o t e po l oka l arne , ko l a ko te t ogi ga o f a l e o te Hornibr ooks i t e uafu mo mea f ai galu ega , mea fai galuega mo t e t oki ­l ak au, f ak a tuga o se f a l e te l~ se vasega "C" mo akoak oga i l o t o i t e a tuf enua ·mo f a i ak9ga o

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WI TH THE compl e t ion by the Roy a l Eng i neer s of the likv high tension di s tribution s yst em ·'10 19 79 , and the cons equent incr ~as e i n l oad , i t becam e apparent

' that tne ' ex i sting Power Station was in-sufficient to meet d emandso

Accord i ng , a pr o jec t f or t he pro­vi s i on o f a new Power St ati on, with f our new 150kva gen er ators, switchgear and tr ansform er s , was s ubmitt ed f or financ ­ing from' the European Deve l opment Fundo A cont ract f or the s upply of · machin~ry, award ed t o Th omquip (Fij i ) Ltd, was s i gned in April 1981, and in March 1982 , when f urther funds bec ame available , a contract was s i gned f or t he ins talla­tion o f t he equipmento Meanwhile , Europ ean Development Funds had been provid ed f or t he constructi on of ~he Power St a tion building by PWD. Work comm enced on this in l a t e November 1981.

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The c0ntractors commen~·ed fns.tall a­tion of the machinery in April 1982 and the Power Station was commissioned in I

the first week of July, one month ahead of sc heduleo

The ONAN alternators are driven by Cummins diesel engines , both manufactured by Hawker Siddleyo The largest s ingle item of equipment - the switchgear -was manufactured in Fij i~

: ~ A short period of training local ~ operating pers onnel was provided for

under the contract by t h e contract ors, - ~hd~ are also reaponsi~le for the main­

tenance of the machinery during a guar­a~~ee period of a further 12 months.

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FALE ITI FOU I '

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MAITUA 0 te palelega o te galuega a te kau Initini a m~i · Ege lan i e - ~~g~. ~9 ~e f akatuuga ·o koga kola e tuf,a,tuf..a ei fakalei a te iti mai rr\asini' kola e llkv te m.~losi o 1-atou, ·1 te' -1979, tela t ao atu ~aitua ko te fana~a o lasi te faka­ao~~~a o te iti, ne mate a aka pel a me 1 te iti i te Fale It i ko se l ava mo mana­koga mo te itio

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mo te fakatuuga o te F~ le Iti fou mo ' masi ni itt e fa ko l a e taki 150kva, mo mea suiti, ~o · mea kola e avaka ne latou te malosi b ' t~ iti io me ~vaifo ne ia, ne fakatatitau etu c uiga mo se tupe mo togi mat t'e Tupe l~ti<].l~e .0. te Fakapoto• .. potog-a !_Q Fenua d Eulop_ao .,Te feasia.is.a · t e uiga mo te aumai "o m~sini t e l a ne tuku a tu ki t e Thomquip (FU ti) ~td, ,ne

- i l • '· ''I saina -ia ' ApeUla 1981 , · .kae 1a,, .Ma,t1 1982 ·, ·· i . te t "aimi tela ne ·~~oe . ~ . .;t~t·a mai.:·i ei n e tup e , ne sain~ f~ leagaig~ e uiga mo t e fakapiikiga o ~as'inio · I te taimi nei te tupe mai te F ~k~~Bt~potoga o Fenua .o Eu l opa ne tog~ .,ki ~i te fak a tuuga o te Fale Iti fou ne te 'pm:S.. Ne kamata te ga luega ki luga i t e fa l e tenei i , te f akapa l e l ega o Novemao

Ne kamata a kamupane konei . ne f a i feaga i ga e uiga mo tc Fale i t i i a Ap e lila 1982 kae ko t e Fale !ti ne tofo i te vaiaso muamua o Iul a i, e tasi t e masina

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maimua o tena t a imi t e l a ne f akataut auginao

A masini iti kol a ne ONAN e galue mai luge o masini ko l a ne Cummins kola ne f a it e mai katoa ne te kamupane ko te Hawker Siddley. Ko t e toe mea t afas ili i te la~ i mo su i ti ne f aite mai Fiiti.

E isi foki se tamaa akoakoga mo tino kola e galue i te Fale Iti, e fai foki mai lalo o te feagaiga t ela ka faigina ne k~up an e, kola ko latou foki ka onoo.no ki masini maf a i e masei i l oto o te 12 masina tela ne fa i f eagai ga foki ki e i.

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SPC PLANNING AND EV.\LUAT ION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ITS WORK

THE SOUTH Pacific Commi ss i on Planning and Evaluation Committee , which met at the South ~acif ic Commission Headqu4rters over a period of three days, came t o .an end on F~ ~day -25 June 19820 This Commi-

1 ttee w~a chaired by the newly-elected Vice-President of the Government Council . ' of New Cal edon i a , Mo J ean-Marie Tjibaouo The representative of' the Federated States of Micronesia, M~ Pedro Harris, was Vice-Ch~irman .. of the Committee meeting.

: . In a statement at the official

openirig , ~h~ Secr etary-General, Honour­able' M'o Young Vivian, welcomed the Secre­tary-General Designat~, Mr Francis Bugotu, who will take up his n ew functions as Secretary-General of th e SPC on 1 Julyo

One of the major items fqr discuss­ion each year is the evalua ti on or SPC act i v ities in the preceding yearo The is l and governments and adminfi.tr ations_ expressed their satisf actioh a:t SPC act ivit·ies in 19810 This ye·a~: i t.he Commi­t tee ~aid special attention to the Mobile Train ing Unit ' for ' Youth and Community Worker s , currently , based in Majuro, Mar­shall I slandao In 1983, the Phinning and Evaluation Committee will devote its a ttention to t he Community Ed'uca.dbn

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Young Vivian, p~esented the three-year Integr a t ed Work Programme and Budge t for

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· 1983• 1984 and 1985. The Committee was informed thn t participating governments hod increased their contribution ._i"(,~ the 1983 budget by 6. 69i. The Commit~ee agreed to recommend to the Twenty.-Second 3outh Pacif i c Conference a Work Programme and Budget for 1983 tota lling 407,Jl3, 600 CFP Francs.

The Committee chose two themes for discussion by the Twenty- Second South Pacific Conference. They are a social theme "Increasing U1:banisation: an Inevitable Develop.int?_!lt.? " and an economic theme 'fRural Develap_mrent : The ..Basia for Progress in the Pacific" . : • • r ~ -;1 -.:. ·:r·.1• ;: "1' ·- 1· • . .. **~******~***~*******j***********~*~*****

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coming Fiji General Election, the visit was postponed indef initely.

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AUST. GOVERNMENT TO FlN.~Ci:; CAPT, ·· SUPERI NTENDENT

" r_ THe i~usTRALIAN Government 'ha'a "' receni:iy agreed to pr o'"'ide funds of $a01;:000 to . finance the Captain Superintendent of the Tuvalu Maritime School for a two year periodo

Government hopes that the captain superintendent will be seconded from the Swire• s Offshore Pacific Ship Management of Hons Kong who is currently providing employment for some. of our seamen.

He is Captain Loynd and he is expected to arrive in Funafuti in the middle or the end of September th~s year.

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FURTH~ STUDI!:S FOR TWO _.T FIT

TWO GOVERNHZNT o f f icere have left for Fiji t o take up courses at the Fiji Institute of Technology.

They were Mr Tuisi3a Saitala from the Public Works Department and Mr Lutelu Faavae from the Audit Departm en t .

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Mr Saitala is to take up a one-year course in Ordinary Diploma in Conotruction and on successfu l completion , he may be

.. ,.required to do a two-year dip lom~ course.

Mr Faavae is to continue his studies pertaining to a diplom a in Business Studies.

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MARINE OFFICER RESIGRS

THE MARINE Officer of the Tuvalu Maritime School, ·Mr Ric.k Smith, has. left Tuvalu .~ after resigning from hie p·ost .. .

Mr Smi~h ·has recently ~eQo ·acting as Of ficer - in- Oharge at the School •

In the meantime, the Senior ~duca­ti on Officer, Mr Pasoni Taafaki, ie dis­charging th e r esponsibi li,ties of the Officer-in-Ch~rge of the School until the new Captain Superintendent arrives in about September of this year.

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TOURISM D·EVELOPMlNT-HAS POTENTIAL

A TOURISM Expert, Mr Jean Bergerot had recently visit ed Tuvalu on his t our of member countries of SP~C, to find out the various Governments' views on t our­ism development.

While in Tuvalu Mr Bergerot had the opportunity of visiting one of the outer isl ands - Nukulaelae. He said he was very impress ed with the island end the Tuvalu way of life and tha t 'there was a potent­ial in tourism development here ' .

H.e also commented that he woul'e "like t o see more of the local materials used·· for buildings, as f ar: as possible, part­icular ly, for hotels and r est- houses .

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RETAIL STORES M_\N.\GARS COMPLETED CO­OPERATIVE MANllGr:MENT COURSE

THE MANAGER of the Funafuti and the Manager designate of the Vaitupu Retail Stores (Fusi) have returned fr om the

United Kingdom af ter comp let ins-~-thr-ee-=­mon ths course on Mana~emcn t o f .C..£!.leumer Co- operatives at the Loughborough College. They were Mr Solcmona Ielemi e ta nd Mr Lesaa Taukiei r espect ive ly.

All their cours~ exp~neee wer e met . by the British Council.

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KIRI B~\TI lND~PENDENC"E lJAY ;1

I-KIRIB/~TI people 'in Funafut i wi'l l cele­brate their Indep.ii:H:~cliii~_Day 'on July· li . with a thr ee-day ce lebraition c. • Becaus·e ·­July 12 fai'ls on ·lionday which .ifsi; -a work­ing day, the celebration of the d ay has been brought forwar d to beg in on Satur ­day 10 July and end on Monday 12.

:~ smal 1 group o f I-~iba!:!_people on Fun~futi mostly women who are m3rried to TuvAloan have been meking preparati ons well in advance of the da y - these are ma inly on Kiriba ti's traditi onal type o f dancing .

This ye~r July 12 marks the . thir~ 1

annivers ~ry of Kiribati Independence. .·.

Amongst the events, a luncheon will be held a t the Vai .aku ManeapA which · will be ~tt ended by members of the Kiribati Aeso~iation and guests of honour : the Governor - Gener a l and his wife, the Prim e ~inJe~er and his wife and a ll C~b inot ministers, the President of the Tuvalu Church, the President of the Is l and Council, and the l eader of Funafuti, all with their wives.

Va rious traditi onal · dances which Kiri­... ba ti i~ fam ous for will be· p erformed -:.

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SCHOLARSHIP FOR ttG• OFFICER

THE tlGRlCULTURAL Officer, Mr Bikeni beu Paeniu , who has be~n awarded a two- year scholarship by ~he E~s t-Wes t Cent r e, Hawaii, will be leaving for Honolulu, vi a Tarawa, on 12 ~u gust. He will be t aking an MSc in Agri cultura l Economics , ~pecialising in Paciiic studies.

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l:fJi):.f f.\.~~.iu is on 'leave at the moment and iq~ hts ~ abe encc the Livestock Officer , Mr Ch.qr,+1:1~ j,Bprm an '· h as t~ken o ver as Head o f . ~h~ Ac~i ru ltural Division o

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LIBRdRY EXTENS ION

DU ~ TO extensfon work to the building , the Publ i c Library i s closed until furth er notic·c.

lt ts hoped that the work s-hould be comp l e t ed in about 2/3...ieeks. 1

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AROUNJ;> THE ISL.lNpS

THE CO~ONUT Replanting Scheme at Nanumea has st:artcd" a'Silin after the, l .:lst rep l ant­ing seven yeurs aeoo One. large at:ea. has been cleared of bush~s and trees while work on ano~hur area i s being carri ed out b y two gr oupo of men selected fr om the ' two soci a l sides of the i sland, Lo lua and Haumaefa.

S ine~ 1974 thr ee large a r eas hsve b~~n replanted; two of these plots, one at Lakena and one a t Matagi tota~ 22.2 ac r es ~nd the t r ees are alr eady bearing fruit• while trees on the third p l o t a t Tetugu ar e expec t ed to bear s.odn.

. . the Prime Minist~r's ' wifes Mrs Riana r

... 1 ~uapua.

The Gi. lbert 18 hmda wer e dee lared ·a British Protector e t e in 1892 1ahd ach­i eved interna l s n lfw goVcr'hm'e nt 'in Jan\l­

:": . ary 19 77, lead ins t o fu 11 independence in 1979.

The C9conut Rep l an ting Scheme i s ..carr i~d. 9;1,i t" unQer the s ul?erv,~sion of the ~gricultur a1 ~ss istaht Exteqsion

:.·~ .. OfJ ·i. ~er. 1 Mr, T~rpo~~9 : .PaJ:iap,a o . . . . . .. - : .. . ..

Competi ti on: - Name·-· and ~ desi gn for the·N~~~ Sheet

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TWO DELiGATION3 from Niut ao and Nanumaga , who came to Funafuti for the Ganer aT i.ssemb ly Meeting of the Tuva lu Chur ch , which was held on 6 June , ere sti ll s tranded here du e t o our presen t s hipping

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IT IS hoped tha t the pro~eeds from the future sa l e of eggs from a ba tch of 123 black Auetralo~will b~ . us ed t o purchase more chickenso These chickens were bro';1gh~ int o Nanum ea by ~he Hgricultural Di vis.i on o~ the l as t trip o f the MV 114~~1~ . a t . the Q.~s:\'.nning of Jun~o , ..

Two boars bad a l so been brought into Nanlimea f or cross- br eed ing purposes.

In o ther news from Nanumea , lives - . , t ock work is improving but due to the poor soil veget ab l e- growing is progress ­ing slowly.

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THE FISRr:RIES workboat "TUIPUGA" left f or Nukulnelae on Tuesday with th~ Yisheriee Extension Officer to discuss f~shari es development with i s l ender s and a l so ~o

pick up shark fine .

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A CONSIGNMENT of 350 one-.day o ld chi<>ks . arrived on Fun a·futi from Tarawa r e'ce·n;t;ly ' .; .:.. and the Agricultural Division is expect~ - · ing another order of 350 this week.

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THE nSSISTANT Research rtgricultur a l Officer, Mr Seluka Seluka , i s doing a tour of the out er islands t o work on cultivate of bana.nes, breadfruit, taro and pulakeo He is also attendins to crop

l 11 ' ex t ension requirements and supervising ~gricu ltur al Tr a inees' work, as well as briefing Island Councils on rat control.

Mr Se luka has sl. r eady visited Nuku­l ae l ae and Nui and i s now working in t.l tln11mea.

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Ti.LA 0 FENUA

TE G~LUEGA ki t e toe t ookiga o pulapula i Nanumea ko pale le ne t oe karnata talu te tookiga mussnua l oa i t e fitu t ausaga ko

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t eka. E t as i te mana f a l asi l oa ko palele ne ve l e kae ko galuesa 1 te sua koga e faigina ne kau e lua o tagat a ko l a ne fili mai itua l a e lu a , Lolua mo Hawnaefao

Talu te 1974 e t o lu e koga lasi eloa ne tQe t oki; e lua mai 1 ei ne manafa, e t as i i Lakena kae tas1 i Ma t agi; t e l a se 22.2 eka a ko pulapula koa leva l oe ne fuu a , a ko pul apula i t e t o lu o koga i Tetugu e fai · pela ke fuu a i ee t a imi mai mua nei o

Te galuega t enei ki t e toe tookige o pulapula e f a i nei mailalo o te t aki­t akiga a t e Ofi sa Fesocsoani ki lusa i te f akal as i ga o te a t amai i gelue0 a t oki lakau, Timoteo Panapao

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E LUA a usugafono mai Niut ao mo Nanumeg~ , kol~ ne auma i ki Funafu ti e uiga mo te Fono Las i o t e Lotu Tuvalu , t e l n ne f a i i te po 6 o Iuni, kc saitia l oa nei i Funafuti ona ko fekalavelave ki f eitu tau vaka i t e vaaita i mi nei. Lat ou ko oko l oa i t e f i a f ok i atu f akavave ki o l otou fenua i se taimi f akavave.

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E FAKAMOE'MOE pela me 1 tupe kp l a e mau a mai t e togi a tu o fuemoa ma i te 123 o moa uli , ka fakaaoga mo t ogi foki a ai'oa. Ko moa kone i ne avacu ki Nanumea ne t e Matagoluega Tokil akau/Fogaimanu i te me l aga fekamuli nei a t e MV hNN i te kemataga o Iunio

E lua puaka ko pa l e le foki ne avatu ki Nanumea mo fakaavaga mo pueka t a t ou.. "

I nisi t a l a mai ~anumea, a galuega ki luga i manu ko oko l oa nei 1 te gaso­l osol o mai o l ei kae ona ko t e masei o t e laukele, te fakaolaga o l akau kaina ko oko l oa i te gasolo aka malie.

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TE VAKA o te Matagaluega Fa iika , Tuipuna ko palele n e t a la .a tu ki Nukulae l ne i t e ~solua mo te Ofisa Faiika e uiga mo te f aka l as i ga o a tama i i mea t au faiik~ , o f aipati ki luga i a ti akega o m~a tau

) f a iika mo tipo o t e f enua , ka e o puke mai

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f oki a t ala magoo .

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E ISI se ota o t e 350 tamaa- moa kola ko tasi te aso maotua ne taunu ma i k i Funa ­fu ti mai Tarawa f akemuli nei , kae f akSllloe­moe pela te Matagalucga Tokilakau/Fagai ­mnnu ke t oe maua mei se t oe 350 i te aeo nei.

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TE OFISA Fesoasoani o te Matagaluega Tokilakau/Faga i manu mo sukesukcga ki l uga i ga luesa o te Matesaluega , Se luka , Seluka e fai nei tena esiga i fen ua i tu a o gaaluc ki luga i t a puke maiga o vaega va lova le o futi, mei, t aro , pulakao A i o ka fakatasi s tu fok i k i ma nakoga e uisa mo nai akoakoga e ui ga mo lakau ka ina kae fakatonu t onu foki a ga luega a tagata t ok ila kau f esoasoani, pel a f oki mo te faksnainaga atu ki Fonopule e uiga mo te t aamat ega o kimoa.

h Seluka ko palele ne aa i ki Nuku­l~elae mo Nu i kae t enei ko galue nei i Nanumea .

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REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF SEN IOR DEVELOPMENT PLii.NNERS - ISSUES , STRATEGIES AND MARINE RESOURCES

A REG I ONaL Conf crence of Senior Develop­ment Planners wos held in Suva , Fiji, from 7 t o 11 June, to discuss development i ssues , strategics and marine resou_~~s. This conference was held under the joint auopices of the South Pacific Commission (SPC) , the South Pecific Bureau for Eco ­nomic Co- oper at i on ( SPEC) , the Un it ed Nations Industries Development Organisa­t ion (UNIDO) and the German Foundation f or In ternat i on a l Deve l opment (DSE) , and was a ttended by thirteen countr i es f r om the SPC region as well as several na tion­aland internat i ona l or gani sat i ons .

The conference was offici a lly opened by Mr Savenaca Siwatibau , Genera l Manager of the Cen tr a l Mone t a ry Authority, Fiji. Key points emerging from the opening stntements mAde by r epr esenta tives o f the four organis ing institutions - the Director a. i. af SPEC, Mr J.P . Sheppard;

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the SPC Dir ect )r o f Progr emmes , Mr W.T . Brown; the UNIDO r epresent ative , Dr Her - · man Muegge; and Dr A.G. Fri edrich of the German Foundation f0r Interna tiona l (DSE) - include : " th e need to recognis e that the basis of I oland economi es would continue t o be in agricu lture, fisheries and forest ry; tha t further deve l opment of marine resources wou ld be vital f or Pacific development; that planning c apa­bilities to t ake account o f those needs r equired s tr engthening ; tha t dialogue enc exchange of vi ews and experiences mong planners within the r eg i on would be helpful; th a t there could be advant ages in a regi onal approach t o development p lanning , combinins r eg i onal and nat i ona l obj ect ives. "

Mr Ra j Singh, Director o f Trade nnd Industry , Ministry of I ndustry and Commerce, Fi ji , was elected Chairman of the meeting. The SPC Economi s t, Oro F.V. Sevele , was one of the co-Directors o f the confer ence. Additional SPC re­presentatives were the Tuna Programme Co- ordin at or, Dr R. Kearney , and Mr Ao Hughes, and SPC consultant .

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COMMONWEI.LTH ST.l\llDING COMM ITTEE . ON STUDENT MOBILITY

THE ESTl\BLI SHM ENT of a Standing Commi­ttee to advis e governments on the move­ment of students within the Commonwealth was announced on June 17 by the Common­wealth Secretary- General, Mr Shri dath Ramphal.

The Committee, whose members will serve in their individual c apacities , will m~ni tor student mobil i ty within the Commonwealth an'd will suggest mea­sures ( both short and l ong- term) t hat will ass i s t educat i onal inter -change between member countriesa

During the past thrte year s , there has b~en wide-spr ~ad and deep concern in the Commonwealth over the quee tion o f the movement of students and t eachers . I n 1981, a Consultati•e Gr oup on Student Mob ility was set up which reviewed the problem and recommended the es tabli shment o f a Standing Committee t o monitor the (Cont' d on page 12)

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ADVERTISEMt:NTS

,J>PLICATIONS ARE invited for the senior posts of a Deputy Secretary-General and Ed­itor of Publications on the ataf f of the Hea.iquarters Secretariat of the Common­weal th Parliamentary Association , the offices of which are in London, England. The vacancies occur with the re-organiza­tion of the Secretariat.

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DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENER,~ I' I

TH? DUTIE§ and responsibilities of the Deputy Secretary General under the ovcr­al l direction and supervision of the Se­cret ary- General include organization of the annual plenary Confer ence of the ~ssociation, the ~ocumentation and minu­tes of meetings of the Executive Committee and General .~esembly of the Assoc'i ation,

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as well ae the general odminietr ati on of the off ice of the Beadquartera Secretaria~ The successful applicant will be expected t o travel widely in the Commonwealth es­pecially in connexing with Regional Con­ferences, seminars and other activities.

I ; Applicants ahotlld have a close know-

ledge of current commonwealth and inter­national affairs , and wide experience in the parliamenta ry field. An appropriate degree ia desirable and ability to write lucid and fluent Englis h is ~seential. ,.pplicante, who must be cit izens of a Commonwealth country, should not be lees than 35 years of age. ·

Salary will be on the scale of £18, 525 pa to £22,201 pa with the addition of lnner London We i ghting at present £1,087pa. Certain oth~r allowances may be payable in the case of a candidate appointed from outside the United Kingdom . Details of terms of service will be su­pplied on applic ation.

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EDITOR OF PUBLIC •. TIONS

THE PUBLIC.~TION::i of the ussociation in­clude a quarterly j ournal, The Parliament­ar i an, newsletter , and various reports,

as well as information documents on par­liamentary practice and procedure. Duties aleo involve attendance At the annual plenary Conference. The Ed itor will be support ed by an Ass istant Editor.

Applicants should have knowledge of current Commonwealth and international af faire ond legal or parliamentary as well 3& editorial experience. It is essent ial tha~ they should be able to write lucid and fluent English. An appropriate degree is desirable. App­licants must be citizen of a Common­wealth country.

Salary will be on the scale of £15,723 pa to £19,927 pa with the add ­ition of Inner London Weightins, at present £1,087pa. Certain other allow­ances may be payable in the case of a candid4te appointed from outside the United Kingdom. Details of tetms of service ,will be supplied on application.

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BOTH POJTS are being adver tis ed through­out the Commonwealth. Applications to be received not l ate than 15 Se.ptember 1982 should give full details di ~du­cation and experience and should be sent marked confidentiol, t o the Secretary­Geoeral, Commonwealth Parliamentary ~ssociation, Beadqu3rters Secretariat, Palace of Westminister , 7 Old Palace Yard, London SWl.

The successful applicants will be expected to take up duties in Moy 1983.

Present staff of this Headquarters Secretariat are entitled t o apply.

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APPLICATIONS ~R~ invited for the post of : seiatant Bosun aboard the H.F.V. Te Tautai. Applications should be

- addressed to the Secretary for the Minis­try of Commerce ~nd Natural Resources · and reach him no l~ter than Friday, 17th July 1982. Qualifications will need to be AB or GP class II, at least, and applicants will have had a number of years sua time experience. The salary

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for this job will be $200 per month with an added t ax-free bonus per tonne Cif fish caught.

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THE PUBLIC is hereby informed that the Fisheries Division is selling salted smoked tuna, at a reasonable pr~ce, at the Fisheries Fish Shop, during ··hormal opening hours only.

In addition, the Division i s n lso se lling flake - ~ce at a price of 12 cent per kg.

Fishermen are therefore invited to p urchase ice for king their fish at Sea, to ensur e good quality fish for the ir customers.

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A NiME .\ND DESIGN FOR THE NEWS SHEET

A DECI SION has been made'to change two things t o th e front page of our News Sheet. Readers an~ interested peop l e are ther efor e ' invit ed to tnk e part in our competition t o select the following for ,our News Sheet:- '

1) a new name 2) a front - page design

Entrieo should bo of your own mak­ing but need t o bc ' accompanied by brief explanations of the name(s) or design(s) you wish to enter and , of course , your name and addresso Entries s t and a good chance o f winning if they are laid out neatly and prominently qisplayedo

Send entr i es to -Tuvalu News Sheet Vaiaku, Funafuti Tuvaluo

There will be no prizes to t.he winners. We r egret this, however, wish to r emind you th~ t the .honour will be yours, that i s if you send in your entry(ies) nowl Competition c l oses on 23 July, 1982.

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'PENPALS

Name. Addr ess

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Name .~ddress

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BcTt Kamphors t Postbus 96 Arnersfoort Holland

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David Dellatte Rt 2 Box 978 Jackson, LA 70748 USA.

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COMMONWE.~LTH STANDING COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ·MOBILITY (cont ' d from page 10)

situation, advise governments and revi ew the effectiveness of any action taken.

Heads of Government , at th~ir Melbourne meeting l as t year endorsed this recommendation and aff irmed tha t student mobility and educational inter ­change within the ~ssociation were . imp­or~ "mt. in maintaining Common;wecalth ' li:nks. and ,flS.&isting national .development effortso They a ls o recognised tha t on e of ~he. factors contributing to the impedimen~s t o movement was the very substantial inc~eas es in f~es for ov er­seas ~tudents in some .countrie·so

The first meeting pf the Committee will be held from 12-14 July 1982 at Marlborough House, Londono

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L~\BORATOR Y TECHNICI.J1 i:iTT ENDS COURSE IN AUSTRALIA

MR FAl.\TEA Latasi, Laboratory Technician at the..Pdocess Margaret Hospital, Funafuti, l ef t on the 15 June , to take a three­month co urse in Perth, Uestern Aust r ali a . This course is the first of its kind in the Medical Division, and is sponsor ed by the Australian Government.

Mr Peau Nielu has t aken ov~r the duties of Laboratory Technician at the Hospital, during Mr Latasi 1 s absence.

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R \DIO TIMES

Mondays t o Saturdays (morning)

6.25m:l 6.30 6.35 7.00 7.10

7.15

7o30

Monda ye

5o55pm 6.00 6.30 6.40 7.00 7.10

7.30

7.45 8.15 8.30

Tuning Ca ll/Sign on trailers etc Morning devotions Good Morning Tuvalu (Tuvalu songs) World News (R.A.) Tuvalu News, Announcements (Tuvalu/English) Good Morning Tuvalu con't (mix entertainment) Sign off

Sign on trailers/news preview Manako Mataupu o te aso ~usic (pop/western etc) World News (R.A.) Tuvalu News, announcements, weather and shipping) Peee Tuvalu Tala o Tuvalu/Atupaipai, Fakapulaga, ala o vaka, tau ote aeo. Kete tala a Tuvalu Peee/songs Sign off

Tuesdays

5o55pm Tuning Call/Sign on trailers, News previ ew

6.00 Manako 6.30 Focus Programme 6.40 Music (English) 7.00 World News (R.A.) Tuvalu News etc

Music (Tuvalu) 7.30 Tale o Tuvalu etc 7.45 Pa ti mo uiga 8.15 Pese songs 8.30 Sign off

Wednesdays

5.55pm

6.00 6.30 6.40 7.00 7.10 7.30 7.45 8.15 8.30

Tuning call/sign on trailers News preview Manako Focus Progremme Music (English) World News (R.A.) Tuvalu News etc (music Tuvalu) Tala o Tuvalu etc Toku galuega Pese songs Sign off

Thursdays

5.55pm Tuning call/sign on etc News preview

6.00 6.30 6.40 7.00

Manako

7.10 7.30 7.45 8.15 8.30

Fridays

Focus programme Music (English) World News (RoA) ! uvalu News etc (music Tala o Tuvalu etc Tela o te vaiaso Peac songs Sign off

Tuvalu)

5.55pm Tuning call/sign on etc

6.00 6.30 6.40 7.00 7.10

7.30 7.45 8.15 9.00

5.55pm

6.00 6.15 6.30 6.40 7.00 7.10

7.30 7.45 8.15 9.00

Sundays

5.55pm 6.00 6.15 6.45 7.00 7.10 7.30 7.45

a.oo

News preview Manako Focus progrrunme Muoic (English) World rews (R.A.) Tuvalu i~ews Announcements weather, Shipping etc/mus ic Tuvalu Tala o Tuvalu etc Lalolagi mo ana tala M!.xed entertainment and r equests Sign off

Tuninu Call/Sign on etc News preview Po lokalame a Lo tu Mnnako Focus programme Music (English) Wo-ld Neva (R.A.) Tuvalu News etc Music (Tuvalu) Talo o Tuvalu etc Te logi a Tuvalu (fatele) Mixed entertainmen t and requests Sign of£

Tuning c a ll/sign on etc Pcoe lotu Lotu o te Aso Saa Sunday music (English) World News (R.A.) Tuvalu News etc/Pese Lotu (Tuvalu) Tale o Tuvalu etc Polokalame a te Fakaimasaki/ Te limo ola Sign off

• ~· pub~~•h•d and pw~nt•d ~•wy «o~tn~ab •

b7 Ch• Governmenc Broadcaeclng and 1nforlllatlon t •l•loft

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TIDE TABLE

TIME HIGH TIDE -Thursday 8 July 0616 1.92

1845 1069

Friday 9 July 0650 1090 1919 1068

Saturday 10 July 0726 1.86 1957 1066

Sunday 11 July 0806 lo80 2041 1.64

Monday 12 July 0851 1. 73 2133 1.61

T'1esday 13 July 0946 1.66 2237 1061

Wednesday 14 July 1055 1.60 2348 1.65

Thursday 15 July 1210 1.59

Fr iday 16 July 0054 1.74 1321 lo62

Saturday 17 July 0153 1.85 1425 1. 70

Sunday 18 July 0249 1.98 1523 1. 79

Monday 19 July 0342 2.10 1617 1.87

Tuesday 20 July 0434 2.20 1709 lo94

Wednesday 21 July 0525 2. 26 1758 1.98

Thursday 22 July 0613 2.26 1845 1.97

Friday 23 July 0700 2.20 1931 1.92

Saturday 24 July 0746 2.08 2016 1.83

Sunday 25 July 0831 1.93 2104 1. 74

Vaiaku, Funafuti, Tuvalu ~

LOW TIDE

1237 0.43 0033 0.59

1311 0.47 0110 0.62

1348 0.51 0151 0.67

1429 0.57 0239 o. 73

1516 0.62 0336 o. 78

1611 Oo67 0443 0.81

1713 0.69 0600 o. 79

1820 0.68

0715 o. 70 1926 Oo63

0821 0.56 2028 0.55

0919 0 1., 0' ,_

2124 0.45

1012 0.26 2216 0.36

1102 Ool6 2306 0.29

1150 0.11 2355 0.27

1237 0.12 0043 0.29

1323 o. 20 0130 0.37

1408 0.31 0219 0.48

1455 0.45 0310 0.60

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OFFICIAL DISC' 3SJ NS IN FIJI

THE SECRETAR' Sur =rnumerary in the Office of the Prim~ Mini s ter, Mr Angus McDonald has recently returned on Monday 5 July after a short visit t o Suva. His ,·isit followed a r equest from the Tuvalu High Commissioner for discussion on a variety of matters but of particular importance -the agenda f or the forth-coming SPEC Ueet1ng and the South Pa cific Forum of Leaders Meeting to be held in Rotorua, New Zealand in early Ausust.

The High Commissioner and Mr Kelese Kolono from the Prime Minister's Office will be representing Tuvalu a t the SPEC Meeting and are due t o leave f or Roto~ua at the beginning o f August. They will be joined l a t e r f or the Forum o f Leaders Meeting by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr Tomasi Puapua, Secretary Supernumerary, Mr nngus McDc nald and Mr Uatimani Maalo from the Tuvalu High Commission in Suva.

Mr McDonald said that the main items likely t o be discussed at the Forum are the issues o f decolonisation, regi onal peace keepins f orce, adngle regi onal organisation, the Pacific I slands Fund, the environment, trade, tranpsort , t elecommunications, the Pac ific Reg ional Advisor y Services and Fisheries.

It is also exp.?cted thci: the new director o f SPEC will be appointed.

The Forum will start informally on August 8 and will have its f ormal meet­ings on 9~10 August.

Other discussions were on the pro­posed Fiji liir service to Tuva lu. It is understood that Fiji Air will tak e de­livery of the King Air aircr af t on July 24 and the inaugural eervicee t o Funafuti will commence on August 2 as planned. The Prime Minister and Mr MoDona ld will be travelling on this flight en r oute t o the Forum of Leaders Meeting in New Zealand.

The flights will operate on Mondays and Thursdays and the Tuvalu Government will, in future, share t he canmission on all sales.